Author: | Werner
Rauh, 1992 |
Family: |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
Origin: |
Toliara,
SW Madagascar |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
5
Centimetres |
Height: |
20
(50) Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Red-Brown |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
Euphorbia
neobosseri, Werner Rauh, 1992.
By
mistake?: Euphorbia sakarahensis |
This member of the
Euphorbiaceae family was described by Werner
Rauh in 1992. It is found around Toliara,
south-western Madagascar, growing in a well drained soil with some water
and some sun. The caudex can grow to five centimetres in diameter,
the branches up to 50 centimetres long. The flowers are red-brown.
The genera name; Euphorbia
dates back to the first century BC, where King Juba II of
Mauritania used it in a reference to his doctor, Euphorbos, and that
name was kept as a generic name by Carl von Linnaeus. The species
name from from the
place it first was found on Madagascar: Sakaraha. |